Wings win in final seconds to keep home streak alive

Feb 18, 2012 - 5:18 AM

Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Pavel Datsyuk scored the game-winner with less
than six seconds left in regulation, and Detroit won its 22nd consecutive game
on home ice with a 2-1 decision over Nashville at Joe Louis Arena.

Friday's victory tied the Wings with Boston for most wins on home ice in a row
regardless of season. The 1929-30 Bruins won 20 straight to end that campaign
and their next two to start the following year.

Johan Franzen provided the other goal for the Red Wings, who have won five
straight overall. Joey MacDonald stopped 20-of-21 shots for the victory.

Nick Spaling tallied and Pekka Rinne made 29 saves for the Predators, losers
of four of five.

Datsyuk was sprung up the middle of the ice by a Henrik Zetterberg pass, and
the Russian winger did the rest, ducking past a pair of Nashville defenders
and beating Rinne from the slot on the forehand.

Franzen beat Rinne with a shot through the pads at 12:44 of the first period,
one-timing a Todd Bertuzzi feed.

Spaling tied the game with just over five minutes to play in the second, a
goal made possible after Jordin Tootoo won a scrum along the end boards to the
left of the Detroit net.

"We should've had a point tonight," said Predators coach Barry Trotz. "We were
[six] seconds away from having a point."

Game Notes

Detroit has won four of its last five games against Nashville...Zetterberg
played on Friday despite a lower-body issue suffered in Tuesday's win over
Dallas. He was a plus-one with three shots in just under 19 minutes of ice
time...Earlier on Friday, the Predators acquired defenseman Hal Gill and a
conditional fifth-round draft pick in 2013 from the Montreal Canadiens in
exchange for forwards Blake Geoffrion, Robert Slaney and a second-round pick.